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From the Jason Scott / TEXTFILES.COM Printout Collection
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These are original linefeed printouts fed through a Optical Character
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Recognition system, with hand-editing done afterwards to clean issues
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with text rearrangement and OCR errors.
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The printouts are from a collection dating from 1983-1985, and were
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generally made on an Epson MX-80 Dot-Matrix printer connected to an
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IBM PC-XT. The Bulletin Board Systems and other services were located
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throughout the United States, and captured by Jason Scott, who can
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attest to their authenticity.
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Spelling errors, content and extraneous system information such as
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prompts and menu items have been left untouched. Errors and other
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artifacts of conversion to this format should be considered in
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determining the validity or historical context of statements in these
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printouts.
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Description: Cable Room (Cable TV) on Safehouse BBS (Minneapolis)
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Date: June-October, 1984
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Numb: 1
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Subj: [ Cable TV Room ]
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From: SAFEHOUSE MANAGER
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Date: 06-25-84 at 01:25 PM
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Welcome to the Cable Room!
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This is for the discussion of any topics relating to cable TV, and especially
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for announcements relating to an upcoming cable series dealing with
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telecommunications...
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-The Manager
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Numb: 2
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Subj: Cable Tv
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From: THE CRACKON
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Date: 06-25-84 at 05:34 PM
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Duh, yeah, I got this one cable coming out of my TV. It pisses me off cause it
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gets in the way all the time. Sometimes the TV don't work at all.
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Well, seriously, who watches The Great Northern Cable Network? (Pm 8:30-9)
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Channel 15. It is s0000 cool.
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Cable lives.
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Numb: 3
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Subj: what pisses me off..
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From: APPLE AVENGER
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Date: 06-25-84 at 08:56 PM
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Ok, since i live in a st.paul suburb I am getting cable last. But what is
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pissing me off is the fact that they are going to rip up $10,000 worth of
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landscaping that my parents put in. Granted they will be putting it back but
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they are not counting growing time it takes to get it back to where it was
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before! Man, what a group of idiots! if they had any* brains they would go
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on the othr side of the street where there is no* houses..
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-Avenger
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Numb: 4
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Subj: Personal Computer Show
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From: JOY DIVISION
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Date: 06-26-84 at 05:09 AM
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Anyone just getting Cable
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There's "The Personal Computer Show" on cable, 2-3 times a week. Last time
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I saw it was on a Sunday eve. 9:30. (Rogers Cablesystems, ch.34). They move it
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around a bit, but if you can find it it's pretty interesting at times. It does
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tend to get a little sappy, the hosts look like PM Magazine rejects, but some of
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the demos aren't too bad. And, they have a
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drawing for a >FREE< computer each month. That makes it worthwhile.
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Numb: 5
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Subj: SPECTRUM BOX
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From: AL X
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Date: 07-01-84 at 10:21 PM
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Hiya,
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What I need is a working SPECTRUM decoder box that can by-pass all scrambling
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modes. Does anyone know where I can get my hands on such a nice little piece
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of equipment?
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Do any of the national electronix companies have any that anyone KNOWS that
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works? (like the kind in the back of VIDEO REVIEW etc blah blah blah)
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Thanks, -ALX
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Subj: COMPUTER TODAY
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From: CABLEMANII
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Date: 07-02-84 at 09:35 PM
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&&& COMING SOON ........ &&&
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************************************
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COMPUTER TODAY
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A SHOW A SHOW THAT WILL SHOW ABOUT TELCOM. AND COMPUTERS .... THIS SHOULD BE
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A GOOD SHOW ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP CAN LEAVE ME A MESSAGE
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<<<<<< CABLEMAN CABLEMANII ---->>>>>
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Numb: 7
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Subj: SPECTRUM
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From: CABLEMANII
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Date: 07-04-84 at 08:41 AM
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HOW TO DECODE SPECTRUM VIDEO IS VERY SIMPLE! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BUILD A
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STABLE FREQUENCY GENERATOR (USING 7555 TIMER CHIP) THAT CAN GENERATE A
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FREQUENCY OF, I BELIEVE, 15,700 HZ. YOU JUST FEED THIS FREQUENCY INTO THE
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HORIZONTAL OSCILLATOR OF YOUR TV, AND YOU HAVE GOT YOURSELF THE VIDEO!
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Numb: 8
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Subj: HELP WITH WHAT?
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From: STARFLEET COMMANDER
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Date: 07-06-84 at 12:11 PM
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YOU ARE NOW ENTERING FEDERATION SPACE.
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HELLO. CABLEMANNI (SORRY IF I SPELLED IT WRONG) , ABOUT THE COMPUTER TODAY
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SHOW, YOU ASKED IF ANYONE WANTED TO HELP. HELP WITH WHAT? ARE YOU MAKING THE
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SHOW?IF SO, I'D LOVE TO HELP. I'M CRETIFIED AND I KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT
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COMPUTERS AND TELECOMMINCATIONS (ACTUALLY, A LOT MORE THAN JUST
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SOMETHING).CONTACT ME. BYE BYE
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*-- STARFLEET COMMANDER --*
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YOU ARE NOW LEAVING FEDERATION SPACE.
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Subj: STARFLEET COMMANDER
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From: CABLEMANII
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Date: 07-13-84 at 01:07 PM
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YES I WOULD LIKE SOME HELP .....
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GIVE ME A CALL AT 546-4878
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ASK FOR JOHN..
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ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP DO THE SAME
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<<<<<<<<<---------- CABLEMANII ------------->>>>>
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Numb: 10
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Subj: Martha Quinn
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From: ERIC BAKKEN
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Date: 07-27-84 at 09:11 PM
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Notice how she's stoned sometimes?
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Numb: 11
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Subj: V-JAYS...
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From: PRINCESS ANDROMEDA
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Date: 07-28-84 at 04:11 PM
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....ALL OF THEM ARE STONED ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, MOSTLY MARC GOODMAN THOUGH-
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DON'T EVER REMEMBER SEEING HIM NOT STONED! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! !!
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<IF I HAD THAT JOB I WOULD BE TOO.>
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LATER,
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PRINCESS
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ANDROMEDA
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DEATH DEALERS
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Numb: 12
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Subj: Country MTV
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From: ERIC BAKKEN
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Date: 07-30-84 at 01:28 AM
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Does anybody know anything about this? (Storer channel 23)
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Numb: 13
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Subj: MTV.REVIEW
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From: JEFF ZEKA
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Date: 07-31-84 at 05:50 AM
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WHEN WATCHING M!/MT!/TV DOES THE PHRASE' REACH DOWN BETWEEN MY LEGS...EEEEASE T
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HE SEAT BACK' IT MUST.. ITS PLAYED
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EVERY 5 MINUTES.. I THINK MTV HAS GOTTON TOO WRAPPED UP IN COMMERCIALISM.. IT US
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ED TO HAVE A .VARIETY AND NOW ITS WLOL WITH
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MORE STUPI/!ID LOCAL COMMERCIALS.
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BY THE WAY RICHFIELD USERS OF RODGERS(AND EDEN PRARIE, EDINA) MPLS GETS THE ST
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EREO HOOKUPS FREE>< SAME COMPANY >< SAME NAME
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>< WE GET $S$$$$$$SCREWED 19.95 FORGET IT!!!
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/----------/
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/ DAS /
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/DARKGLIDER///
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ITS BEEN REAL ****!!!!////!!!!////
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Numb: 14
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Subj: Anyone who has Cinemax...
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From THE CRACKON
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Date: 08-02-84 at 11:45 AM
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...make sure to watch "Likely Stories." That has got to be one of the more
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funnyshows I have stumbled accross... The one I saw had Pee Wee Herman in
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there, and it was a "Spoof" on the '50's sex educationfilms...
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Sorry about the mess in this message... I guess I rely on Word Wrap too
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much...
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Numb: 15
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Subj: MARTHA QUINN
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From THE PROWLER
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Date: 08-04-84 at 08:33 PM
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For your info:
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Martha Quinn should soon appear in some centerfold in I think it is Penthouse.
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And Nina Blackwood was in the May 1984 Playboy mag..Later dudes..Prowler
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/x
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Numb: 16
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Subj: I watch GNCN
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From: ALLAN MEULI
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Date: 08-04-84 at 11:51 PM
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The Great Northern cable net is DIFFERENT. That's about all I have to say.
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American Blotto (8:00, i believe, has dragyn's brother's movies..) and then
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there's speaking of people. good for low-budget stuff.
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Numb: 17
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Subj: CINIMAX
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From: SHORT FUSE
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Date: 08-16-84 at 10:40 PM
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DOES ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW HOW TO UNSCRAMBLE THE CINIMAX SIGNAL PUT OUT BY THE
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COMPANIES, I KNOW IT IS UNSCRAMBLED AT THE HOME AS YOU NEED A SPECIAL BOX TO
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RECIEVE THE CHANLE.
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ALSO AS OF RIGHT NOW I HAVE REMOVED THE FILTERS FROM MY CABLE BOX TO ENABLE
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CERTAIN CHANLES TO PASS THROUGH AND ON INTO MY HOUSE, I HAVE FIXED THE FILTERS
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SO THAT THE SIGNAL CAN PASS RIGHT THROUGH THEM, AND THEN RE-INSTALLED THEM, NOW
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IF A CABLE MAN COMES BY AND CHECKS IT, EVERY THING WILL LOOK FINE AND DANDY,
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BUT WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS THERE ANY WAY THEY CAN SIND A ELECTRIC CURRENT
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THROUGH THE LINE AND PICK UP ON MY MODIFIED FILTER???
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ANYONE KNOW?
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<[SHORT FUSE]>
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Numb: 18
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Subj: I don't know, but...
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From: DR. DISCORD
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Date: 08-18-84 at 07:11 PM
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I don't know about the filter stuff, but I do know that Mark Goodman is not ston
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ed, he's just a jerk. Hmm, the word-wrap
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didn't work..there, it just did, in the middle of a line. Weird.
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Numb: 19
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Subj: If you have Movie Channel..
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From: COUNTESS CASSIOPEIA
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Date: 08-25-84 at 10:12 PM
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If you have The Movie Channel...watch for an interesting(?)movie called
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'Slumber Party Massacre'Written up as this 'Armed with a 24 inch electric
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drill,a crazed killer terrorizes teenagers at a slumber party.'Intriguing
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Suspenseful-etc.
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-Countess
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Cassiopeia
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Numb: 20
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Subj: WOW GUYS
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From: EGGBERT
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Date: 09-06-84 at 02:38 PM
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WOW GUYS REAL CABLE TV HUH?
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THE DUDES FROM ROGERS SCREWED UP SO MANY TIMES DRILLING THE HOLE THROUGH THE
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FOUNDALTION AN ELEPHANT COULD CRAWL IN!!!.! THEN THEY GAVE US THE WRONG
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CHANELS (WE REALY GO DISNEY (FOR ME OF CORSE GOSH DONT U KNOW IT WE GOT HBO
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INSTEAD DARN!)) WELL HAVE FUN (TOO BAD THERES NO SPC.)
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Subj: CABLE UPDATE
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From: THE RAT
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Date: 10-25-84 at 02:09 PM
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HI ALL CALBELMANII HERE AND I HAVE TO T ELL YOU ABOUT WHATS COMING IN
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NOVEMBER
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1/////RAIDERS IS GOING TO BE ON
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HERE ARE HTE FOLLOWING DATE THIS MONTH: THE 1st ...tmc at 7PM and hbo at 8 pm
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te 2 nd show at Sporn and max at 9 pm on the 3rd HBO AT 8 PM ON THE 4 MAX AT 7PM
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AND SHOW AT 8 PM HTN HAS IT ON THE 5 TH AT 8PM MAX HAS IT ON THE 6 AT 10 PM TMC
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HAS IT ON NOV 7 AT 10 PM ON NOV 10TH HTN HAS IT AT 8 PM AND SHOW HAS IT ON AT
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10 PM THE 16 IS THE NEXT TIME YOU CAN SEE IT AND IT WILL BE ON TMC AT 8 PM
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NOV 18 ON HTN THERE WILL BE A NOTHER
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SHWING AT 8 PM,
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TMC HAS IT ON THE 20TH AT 8PM
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THE 25 ON HBO AT 8PM
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AND THE LASTE TIME OFR THIS MONTH IS
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ON HBO AT 10PM ON THE 28TH
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HTN=HOME THEATER NETWORK
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HBO= HOME BOX OFFIC
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MAX=CINEAMAX
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SHOW=SHOWTIME
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TMC=THE MOVIE CHANNEL
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CHECK YOUR LOCAL CABLE GUIDE FOR CHANNELS......
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Subj: STEREO HOOK-UPS
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From: THE RED ROCKER
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Date: 10-31-84 at 05:38 PM
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ANY ONE WANT TO KNOW HOW TO HOOK-UP MTV IN STEREO? LEAVE ME SOME E-MAIL. IT'S
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SUPER EASY!
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THE
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RED ROCKER
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